Bengaluru — Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos is planning to sell almost $5bn worth of shares in the e-commerce giant, a regulatory filing showed, after its stock hit a record high.
The proposed sale of 25-million shares was disclosed in a notice filed after market hours on Tuesday. The stock had hit an all-time high of $200.43 during the session. It has jumped more than 30% so far in 2024, outpacing the 4% gain in the Dow Jones industrial average index.
After the sale plan, Bezos would own about 912-million Amazon shares, or 8.8%, of the outstanding stock.
He sold shares worth roughly $8.5bn in February, after the stock rallied 80% in 2023.
Bezos is ranked the second-richest person in the world with a net worth of $214.4bn, according to Forbes. He is also the founder of space company Blue Origin, which launched a six-person crew to the edge of space in May.
Amazon posted upbeat first-quarter results in April, as the Seattle-based technology giant rode the artificial intelligence wave. The company recently replaced Adam Selipsky as the head of its cloud computing unit with insider Matt Garman.
Reuters
Jeff Bezos to sell $5bn worth of Amazon shares as stock soars
The proposed sale of 25-million shares was disclosed in a notice filed after market hours on Tuesday
Bengaluru — Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos is planning to sell almost $5bn worth of shares in the e-commerce giant, a regulatory filing showed, after its stock hit a record high.
The proposed sale of 25-million shares was disclosed in a notice filed after market hours on Tuesday. The stock had hit an all-time high of $200.43 during the session. It has jumped more than 30% so far in 2024, outpacing the 4% gain in the Dow Jones industrial average index.
After the sale plan, Bezos would own about 912-million Amazon shares, or 8.8%, of the outstanding stock.
He sold shares worth roughly $8.5bn in February, after the stock rallied 80% in 2023.
Bezos is ranked the second-richest person in the world with a net worth of $214.4bn, according to Forbes. He is also the founder of space company Blue Origin, which launched a six-person crew to the edge of space in May.
Amazon posted upbeat first-quarter results in April, as the Seattle-based technology giant rode the artificial intelligence wave. The company recently replaced Adam Selipsky as the head of its cloud computing unit with insider Matt Garman.
Reuters
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